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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 巧妇难为无米之炊
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 巧妇难为无米之炊 | qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī | - The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment. |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 72,745 | 72,417 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 巧 | qiǎo | - opportunely - coincidentally - as it happens - skillful - timely |
| 妇 | fù | - woman |
| 妇 | fù | - old variant of 婦|妇[fu4] |
| 难 | nán | - difficult (to...) - problem - difficulty - difficult - not good |
| 难 | nàn | - disaster - distress - to scold |
| 为 | wéi | - as (in the capacity of) - to take sth as - to act as - to serve as - to behave as - to become - to be - to do - by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 | wèi | - because of - for - to |
| 为 | wéi | - variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 为 | wèi | - variant of 為|为[wei4] |
| 无 | mó | - used in 南無|南无[na1mo2] |
| 无 | wú | - not to have - no - none - not - to lack - un- - -less |
| 米 | mǐ | - surname Mi |
| 米 | mǐ | - uncooked rice - meter (unit of length) - (slang) Chinese yuan |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 炊 | chuī | - to cook food |
Other Words Containing 巧妇难为无米之炊
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| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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